Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
A Servant before a Group of Orientals

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Artist Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804)Italian, 1727–1804

CultureItalian (Venetian)

Titles

A Servant before a Group of Orientals

Datec. 1745-50

MediumPen and ink, brush and ink, and gray wash on antique laid paper

DimensionsSheet (irregular): 8 1/8 × 9 7/8 in. (20.6 × 25.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Cecily E. Horton

Object number2017.381

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceFrom an album of miscellaneous drawings, England, 18th century; Sir Gilbert Frankland Lewis, 3rd Bt., Harpton Court, Kington, Herfordshire, England; by inheritance to his nephew, Sir Henry Duff Gordon, Bt., Harpton Court, Kington; Sale, London, Sotheby's, 19 February, 1936, Lot 69; purchased by A. Paul Oppé, London, July 1937; by descent to private collection, until 2016; [Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London]; purchased by Cecily Horton, Houston, August 2017;
Exhibition HistoryLondon, Royal Academy of Arts, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no.364 (as ‘Homage’, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo).
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from the Paul Oppé Collection: English Water Colours and Old Master Drawings, 1961, no.144 (as ‘Homage’, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, top right corner: 2148

Verso: Watermark, center right edge: [unidentified, upside down, C B with line between letters]

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